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Depending on the amount ingested this is a potential foreign body obstruction. You should consider having your veterinarian x-ray her stomach to ensure this will pass without incident and ease worry about this possibility. I would be hesitant to induce vomiting on one so young as this can result in some of the litter particles being aspirated or going into the lungs so best to see if this will pass by doing an x-ray and if there is only a small amount then increased bulk as I have listed below in her diet for 24 hours...

- Feed 2 pieces of bread

- Take a nice walk to help move the material through. Not running around but a leash walk which helps encourage emptying of the stomach and digestion of at least 15+ minutes. This can be around the yard since she is so young

- In about 2 hours repeat the bread which is used to help bulk up the litter to hopefully push it through

- Monitor for signs of the litter coming out the other end in the next 24-48 hours

- Again tomorrow a few nice long leash walks to help encourage gi motility and pushing the foreign material through the intestinal tract

- Bland diet of white rice and lean boiled meat such as chicken with water to increase lubrication to help aid in the litter passing

This is the difficult part, the watching and waiting because all we can do is see if it passes on its own but again I would advise an x-ray to ensure this is the best method for Chiann today

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